University of Church Music of Dresden - Page

The Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Dresden, founded in 1949, is a state-approved school of church music that is sponsored by the Protestant Lutheran Church of Saxony. It currenlty offers round about 30 students seven study programs, namely: the Diploma program “Church Music B“, the combined study program “Teacher Education in Music – Church Music“ the study program “Church Music C“, the postgraduate program “Church Music A“, the continuing education program “Popular Music“, and the study program “Basic Education in Church Music for Foreigners“. Except for the latter one, all study programs prepare for a church-music-related employment in Germany. The eight-semester Diploma program aims to prepare students for providing church music service within a congregation or church district independently and in cooperation with ministers and other church workers. The combined study program allows to combine a teacher education program at Bachelor’s and Master’s level (B.A., M.A.) with an additional church-related qualification (C) or with a second musical subject. The program “Church Music C“ (offered as campus studies or correspondence studies) covers all disciplines that are required for exercising an extra-occupational activity relating to church music. The four-semester postgraduate program particularly seeks to enable students to perform outstanding artistic work as a conductor or organ player as well as education and training activities. The continuative program “Popular Music“ takes place every two years, in the form of individual and group lessons plus a one-day compact seminar each term. The study program “Basic Education for Foreigners“ is exclusively geared to foreign students that are sent abroad by their home churches.